Member
Sophie WILMÈS
Renew · Belgium
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
69.3 %
4 108 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
Renew median: 90.4 % (−21.1 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
95.4 %
3 916 of 4 106 votes where their group had a line
Renew median: 95.5 % (−0.1 pts)
109 opposite (for ↔ against), 33 abstained against the line, 2 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Sophie WILMÈS | 69.3 % |
| Renew median | 90.4 % |
| Lowest in the group | 65.3 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.7 % |
| Members | 76 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Sophie WILMÈS | 95.4 % |
| Renew median | 95.5 % |
| Lowest in the group | 77.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 98.3 % |
| Members | 76 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2025 | Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine | Adopted 480 for, 58 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 | Adopted 374 for, 53 against, 163 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus | Adopted 567 for, 25 against, 66 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Jan 2025 | EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia | Consent given 505 for, 90 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights | Negotiating mandate approved 300 for, 254 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, in particular the case of Temirlan Sultanbekov | Adopted 492 for, 28 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 11th year of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Crimea, notably the cases of Iryna Danylovych, Tofik Abdulhaziiev and Amet Suleymanov | Adopted 446 for, 25 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV | Adopted 434 for, 30 against, 89 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women | Adopted 322 for, 163 against, 46 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga | Consent given 545 for, 81 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue | Consent given 543 for, 77 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration | Consent given 591 for, 7 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu | Consent given 533 for, 74 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees | Adopted 448 for, 161 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office | Adopted 441 for, 178 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office | Adopted 480 for, 148 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application | Passed 546 for, 97 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for Member States affected by natural disasters | Passed 644 for, 6 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Regional Emergency Support: RESTORE | Passed 638 for, 10 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category | Passed 499 for, 131 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper – Belgium | Passed 599 for, 50 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023 | Adopted 598 for, 17 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law | Adopted 473 for, 23 against, 98 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran | Adopted 562 for, 2 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | The shrinking space for civil society in Cambodia, in particular the case of the labour rights organisation CENTRAL | Adopted 492 for, 5 against, 102 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud | Adopted 444 for, 72 against, 82 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia | Adopted 390 for, 135 against, 52 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments | Rejected 152 for, 378 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu | Passed 627 for, 6 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024 | Passed 660 for, 11 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates | Passed 525 for, 75 against, 81 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay | Objection failed 123 for, 511 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text | Adopted 418 for, 185 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme | Rejected 154 for, 507 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Election of the Commission | Commission elected 370 for, 282 against, 36 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603 | Objection passed 474 for, 171 against, 13 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified cotton COT102 | Objection passed 496 for, 143 against, 18 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations | Objection passed 476 for, 169 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize MON 810 | Objection passed 464 for, 163 against, 27 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize DP915635 | Objection passed 478 for, 166 against, 17 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Tie |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize DP23211 | Objection passed 474 for, 166 against, 17 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Tie |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize DP202216 | Objection passed 478 for, 165 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Tie |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Genetically modified maize MON 94804 | Objection passed 468 for, 166 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application | Passed 371 for, 240 against, 30 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Electronic value added tax exemption certificate | Passed 621 for, 10 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes | Passed 555 for, 48 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Amendment of the EIB’s Statute | Passed 510 for, 105 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 14 Nov 2024 | UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) | Adopted 429 for, 183 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia | Adopted 453 for, 31 against, 89 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 24 Oct 2024 | People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan | Adopted 432 for, 60 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Vice-chair | 30 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Cancer and Rare DiseasesIG10-05 Intergroup / working group | Member | 27 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Sustainable LivestockIG10-15 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on LGBTIQ+IG10-16 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
| Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committee | Member | 23 Jan 2025 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | 29 Sept 2024 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Europol Regulation | Shadow rapporteur | LIBE | 17 Sept 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | LIBE | 14 Sept 2026 |
| EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | ITRE | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol amending the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism | Rapporteur | LIBE | 4 Sept 2026 |
| 92nd EU-US inter-parliamentary meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue, 25-26 August 2026, San Francisco (USA) | Official delegation | D-US | 19 Aug 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation vice-chair | D-US | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Monitoring and controlling drug precursors and repealing Regulations (EC) No 273/2004 and (EC) No 111/2005 | Shadow rapporteur | LIBE | 10 Apr 2026 |
| On the adoption of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, on the multiannual technical guidelines for this programme, on the multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decisions 2003/77/EC and 2008/376/EC | Shadow rapporteur · 2 declarations | ITRE | 10 Apr 2026 |
| TLD MISSION 18/03 - 20/03 2026 | Official delegation | D-US | 4 Mar 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation vice-chair | D-US | 4 Mar 2026 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 34
- Justice, rule of law & rights 33
- Economy & single market 23
- Digital, AI & data 18
- EU budget & funds 17
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 13
- Climate & environment 11
- Health 11
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 10
- Defence & security 9
- Migration & asylum 8
- Energy 7
- EU institutions & Parliament 7
- Trade & customs 7
- Transport & tourism 3
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
178 contributions recorded; 5 on behalf of their group; 156 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 47
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 142
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism
National delegation
- Delegation Belgium National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Sophie WILMÈS”. Member record. memberId 220801. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220801?nb=all&page=12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220801. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/220801?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-220801,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Sophie WILMÈS}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220801?nb=all&page=12}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220801?nb=all&page=12},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 220801. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220801. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}